As far back as the late ’80s, Bill Gates has floated the idea of “Windows Everywhere.” At the time, pundits and journalists laughed at the idea — but now, with Windows 8 coming to mobile phones, and possibly consoles too, Windows really is everywhere.

For almost 15 years, the entire fabric of the world wide web has been indelibly marked, haunted, and governed by a single entity: Google. Now it’s dying, and so is Windows — and in their places are dozens of app stores.

DARPA, the US military’s research wing, has a problem on its hands: Satellites, unmanned drones (UAVs), and myriad other worldwide sensors are so ubiquitous and omnipotent that the Department of Defense (DOD) doesn’t actually know how to make the best use of them.

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